Remove additional spacing from the project backlog

Platform Notice: Cloud Only - This article only applies to Atlassian products on the cloud platform.

Summary

Remove additional spacing from the project backlog.

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Environment

Jira Cloud

Cause

The reason for the additional spacing within the project backlog section is due to the inclusion of multiple fields under board configuration (Card layout section).

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Solution

Please note that the below solution is only applicable when it is allowed to remove certain fields from the card layout section, Kindly follow the below steps to remove the fields from the card layout section.

  1. Open the Project backlog

  2. Click on the three dots and select the Configure Board.

  3. Click on theCard layout

  4. Delete the some of the fields from theCard layout section.

Note: If you wish to include all the fields in the card layout, the above solution is not applicable in that scenario.

Updated on April 8, 2025

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